Heavenly Kill Order!

Within the Void Realm, in a deserted Empty City.

Dongfang Baitian stood alone in the city, his face full of confusion.

He had originally intended to seek help in the Void Realm. He had thought the Void Jade would send him directly to that previous great hall, but instead, it had transported him to this deserted city.

"Young Master, are you there?"

Dongfang Baitian raised his head and called out.

"You were looking for me?"

A clear, bright voice sounded behind Dongfang Baitian.

Delighted, Dongfang Baitian quickly turned around and saw Lu Yuan dressed in white robes.

Lu Yuan wore a faint smile as he quietly watched him.

The moment he saw Lu Yuan, Dongfang Baitian inexplicably felt a sense of security. He hurriedly said, "Young Master, I found the Child of Destiny."

"Just as you described, that Child of Destiny is far too monstrous. He's clearly about the same age as me, yet he's already a Marquis Immortal Realm expert. I have no idea how he cultivated." Dongfang Baitian still looked shaken.

Lu Yuan smiled. "I already know what you're talking about. You came to me because you want my help?"

Dongfang Baitian hurriedly nodded. "Young Master, the Child of Destiny has Empress Qingyao backing him. The Dongfang Family is in a terrible situation right now and could be destroyed at any moment. The experts within the clan cannot act freely, and I truly have no way to deal with that Child of Destiny."

Lu Yuan nodded. After pondering for a moment, he said, "Then lie low for now. Before long, I will personally head to the Central Domain."

Overjoyed at those words, Dongfang Baitian said, "Thank you, Young Master."

"Mm."

Lu Yuan nodded lightly, and then his figure vanished.

Dongfang Baitian also left the Void Realm.

Back in his room, Dongfang Baitian wore a slightly smug expression.

"Child of Destiny? Hmph, do you think you're the only one with a powerful backer?"

Chaos Sacred Land, Divine Son Peak.

Lu Yuan lowered his eyes in thought. At the same time Dongfang Baitian discovered Lin Hao, he had also received the information.

"Lin Hao, a Nine Rebirths reincarnator... Can he be reborn nine times, or has he already been reborn nine times?"

Lu Yuan frowned slightly.

Children of Destiny came in all kinds, but one capable of being reborn nine times was still somewhat beyond his expectations.

Fortunately, Lu Yuan had learned of Lin Hao's existence in advance.

He even knew where Lin Hao currently was.

That made things much easier.

To Lu Yuan, no matter how many tricks one had up their sleeve, they could not withstand an overwhelming difference in strength.

Before absolute strength, any scheme or plot was nothing but a joke.

With that thought, Lu Yuan did not delay.

With a flash, he appeared before an enormous teleportation formation within the Chaos Sacred Land.

The Nine Domains of Tianxiao were each incomparably vast. The straight-line distance from the Eastern Domain to the Central Domain exceeded tens of billions of miles.

Even though Lu Yuan's cultivation had already reached the peak of the Tianxiao Continent, such a vast journey would still take quite some time if he traveled there himself.

Therefore, whenever cultivators needed to cross domains, their first choice was always a teleportation formation.

"Divine Son?"

"Greetings, Divine Son!"

The Deacon Elders responsible for maintaining the formation hurriedly bowed.

Ever since Lu Yuan displayed his divine might at the Sacred Land Grand Competition, there had no longer been a single voice questioning him within the Chaos Sacred Land.

Looking across the Six Great Sacred Lands of the Eastern Domain, no one had ever heard of a Holy Son or Divine Son possessing Peak Divine Ability Realm cultivation at such an age.

What was more, Lu Yuan possessed a temperament and appearance as though he were a celestial being.

Those two points alone had won over everyone in the Chaos Sacred Land.

Nodding lightly at the deacons, Lu Yuan said, "Help me open a teleportation passage to the Central Domain."

"Yes, Divine Son."

The deacons did not dare delay and immediately obeyed.

Before long, Lu Yuan stepped onto the teleportation formation and left the Eastern Domain.

The instant Lu Yuan left.

A Blue-robed Elder appeared behind one of the Deacon Elders and asked darkly, "Where is the Divine Son's destination?"

The Deacon Elder turned around and was immediately startled.

"E-Elder Nangong."

"Enough nonsense. Answer my question." Nangong Cheng's face was incomparably gloomy.

Ever since Jun Moxiao died, his mentality had undergone a tremendous change. He showed signs of falling into madness, and his temperament had become increasingly sinister.

Lu Yuan had become one of his inner demons.

The Deacon Elder also knew about the grudge between Lu Yuan and Nangong Cheng. He hesitated, unwilling to speak.

A dispute between great figures could drag a minor character like him into eternal ruin with even the slightest aftershock.

Nangong Cheng's eyes turned fierce. Seeing what the deacon feared, he said coldly, "You fear the Divine Son, but do you not fear me?"

"Don't worry. I only want you to tell me his destination. The rest has nothing to do with you."

Faced with Nangong Cheng's blatant threat, the deacon ultimately could not endure it and stammered, "The... Central Domain."

Having received the answer he wanted, Nangong Cheng revealed a smile. Without another word, he turned and left.

Not long after Nangong Cheng departed.

The deacon suddenly screamed. His face twisted savagely as his body began petrifying from the bottom up. In the end, with a bang, he crumbled into ashes.

Inside a dark stone chamber.

The lamplight flickered uncertainly, while cobwebs covered the corners of the walls.

Nangong Cheng sat on a dust-covered wooden chair. After a long silence, he took out a Blood-colored Token.

He poured a strand of spiritual power into the token.

The Blood-colored Token activated, and a line of bloody words shot out from it.

Nine Killers Palace · Heavenly Tier Kill Order!

Then, a numb voice echoed through the stone chamber.

"Who is to be killed?"

The voice was brief and direct.

"The Chaos Divine Son, Lu Yuan!" Nangong Cheng said.

"Calculating the assassination price. Please wait."

Soon, the voice sounded again.

"Eighteen trillion five hundred billion... Top-grade Spirit Stones."

Hearing that astronomical price, Nangong Cheng fell silent.

"The price is too high." Nangong Cheng took a deep breath.

"The Heavenly Word Kill Order has never been negotiable! As its holder, you should understand that once the Heavenly Word Kill Order is activated, every assassin across the continent will put aside their current missions and do everything in their power to kill the target. They will not rest until the target is dead!"

The stone chamber was silent for a moment. Nangong Cheng raised his eyes, madness filling them. "Can I use items as collateral?"

"Yes."

"Good!"

The instant that word fell.

Across the entire Tianxiao Continent, every assassin who walked in the shadows stopped what they were doing. A trace of madness flashed through all their eyes.

In an inconspicuous small city on the Tianxiao Continent, a filthy beggar in ragged clothes crouched beneath an eave.

But the next second, a terrifying gleam flashed through the beggar's eyes.

"The Heavenly Kill Order?"

"How many years has it been since one last appeared? I still remember that the previous time the Heavenly Kill Order was activated, its target was an Emperor-Sealing Immortal."

"That time, even two masters of the Nine Killers Palace died. More than a billion ordinary assassins perished."

"Hehe, but in the end, that Emperor Realm expert still died by my hand."

A smug smile curled at the beggar's lips.

And he was none other than the legendary assassin ranked first on the Tianxiao Continent's assassin leaderboard—

Beggar Emperor!